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Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, a prominent Sierra Leonean politician from the All People’s Congress (APC) known for her controversial analyses, has addressed recent misconceptions regarding disaggregated election results.
Blyden spoke out on AYV Television after a fellow APC member erroneously claimed on television that disaggregated results had been published in past Sierra Leonean elections. Blyden refuted this, asserting that the statement was misleading and could potentially harm the peace and stability of Sierra Leone.
In her clarification, Blyden provided a historical analysis of previous elections. She cited the 2007 elections, when then-electoral commissioner Dr. Christiana Thorpe published only district-level results on the commission’s website, not disaggregated results. Blyden noted that upon reviewing these district-level results, she found mathematical inconsistencies, which she reported in her newspaper. This led to the immediate shutdown of the website.
Blyden continued, stating that after the 2012 elections, she requested disaggregated results from Dr. Thorpe in February 2013 to assess her party’s strengths and weaknesses. However, Dr. Thorpe declined her request, offering reasons Blyden chose not to disclose publicly.
She further explained that in 2018, she approached the Supreme Court seeking disaggregated results due to concerns about the voter registration process overseen by Mohamed N’fah-Alie Conteh. Blyden revealed that only partial disaggregated results were released for two out of five regions in 2021, just as the court case was about to commence.
Blyden affirmed that throughout Sierra Leone’s electoral history, including the colonial era, disaggregated results have never been published. She urged those spreading misinformation to cease for the sake of the country’s peace.
This woman will plunge Sierra Leone into an abyss. But trust me she will be the first to encounter what she is brewing
May Allah bless you for your good knowledge and understanding,these are the kind of people we need in this country.
Thank you very much ma,Allah will continue to bless you Ameeh
This is something we all know, that Sierra Leone has never published disaggregated results by polling stations. The APCians will never cease to lie. It’s in their DNA.
Her personal interest is what she put over country interest. For investigation sake if the election is not credible allegedly then the need to bring out this information is prompted , what is wrong with that? If the election body knew they are not hidden skeleton in the cupboard why are they afraid to bring it out? If this election malpractice is not put to stop ,then our leaders will never be accountable to us because they believe even if they lost election they can ridge it out. So with or without we voting for them, they will win election. This is 100% wrong and let’s support this investigation to be transparent and give justice to those who duly deserve it.
“There is no peace without justice ” Dr Samura said !
She is the best woman I now
Without any prejudice, APC is a confused, frustrated, dishonest and insincere political party. Unfortunately the ignorant and gullible minds have been bewitched and manipulated to defend the gross deception and dishonesty displayed by the APC in recent times. Come to think of it, the contention about the ECSL disaggregated data was judiciously discussed and dealt with during the 3- days peace dialogue in October, 2023 by highly experienced and calculated international mediators. How come APC is demanding for something they fully know has been dealt with and resolved.
Unfortunately the demand for the disaggregated data by APC came in the wake of submission of the tripartite recommendations after 6 months of work in the tripartite committee. What a dishonesty? Of course they could only succeed in fooling their desperate, ill-informed and sheepish membership. Glaringly any reasonable mind could deduce something very fishy by the APC. The other day we were hearing of a re-run. Where for God’s sake was it mentioned in the terms of reference of the tripartite committee? Again the APC succeeded in misinforming and deceiving its followership by raising false hope and misplaced anticipation. However, APC be it known that there are people praying and desiring the wellbeing of this nation and whosoever having diabolical plans against this country will be exposed, disgraced and dealt with accordingly. PLS NOR ALLOW APC 4 FOOL U